Head of Quality

Job title: Head of Quality

Reference: E(phone number removed)

Location: Macclesfield

Duration: Permanent

Start date: asap

Salary: Negotiable + excellent benefits

Working in this outstanding Aerospace Manufacturing Operation as The Head of Quality, your primary responsibility is to organise the company's quality assurance activities to meet both regulatory and customer requirements. The Head of Quality is a key leader within the business and will be expected to drive quality and efficiency improvements across all areas of the business.

The role forms part of the Management Team and active participation is required to help the team meet its objectives of delivering product on time, at the right quality at the right cost and in a safe environment.

The individual will be the primary contact for correspondence with regulatory authorities and customers for any quality related enquires or audits. You'll be expected to demonstrate company values and provide a clear strategic vision for QA and QC activities across the organisation.

You will coordinate quarterly business risk reviews to identify and report the key risks and mitigation activities across the business.

Core Objectives

• Take ownership of the company's quality management system ensuring that it always determines the company's activities and satisfies the requirements of the appropriate regulatory authorities
• Work with the CI Manager and CI facilitators to ensure that a Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement mind set and techniques (including RCA) are incorporated in to the QA and QC activities.
• Manage the Quality Assurance team, setting objectives that support the delivery of the short and long-term strategy.
• Produce and report key quality metrics to ensure targets are delivered and risks are identified and mitigated.
• Drive improvements across the organisation to ensure processes are robust and deliver the right results to support key business targets including reductions in non-conformity and scrap levels, as well as improvements in on-time delivery and supplier performance.
• Demonstrate strong leadership with a vision and road map for the future of the department.
• Play an active role in leadership by identifying, forming and implementing business strategy through the Hoshin process.
• Develop the Safety Management System as required by updates to Part 21G

Person Specification as the Head of Quality

• Ability to create and deliver a strategic plan for quality assurance.
• Depth of experience gained in a significant quality management role
• Previous experience of Part 21G requirements, Safety Management System introduction and AS9100 requirements
• Self-confident, passionate and committed to inspiring others to work towards a common purpose, achieving tangible results
• Numerate, analytical and articulate (written and verbal);
• Strong IT skills
• Project Management skills
• Previous experience in leading projects in root cause analysis and implementing corrective action.

As the Head of Quality, you'll be paid a competitive annual salary with LOTS of additional benefits.

The working hours are Monday to Thursday 08:30-17:00 and then Friday is 08:30-15:45

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